Buggy-seat.



PATENTED DBC. 2"?, 1904,.

E. COX.

BUGGY SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. zo. 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

EME'I COX, OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

BUGGY-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,223, dated December 27, 1904.

Application filed February 20, 1904. Serial No. 194,471.

To all whom, it may lconcer-7c.

Be it known that I, EMET COX, a resident of Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buggy-Seats; and I do hereby declare the J.following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such Y yand inconvenience as is the case without the use of my invention, which can be adjusted `for either adult or child.

Figure l is my invention positioned in the buggy ready for use. Fig. 2 is the said invention complete. Fig. 3 is the said seat adjusted and positionedfor a child. Fig. 4 is a front elevation. Fig. 5 is a detailed view of a portion of the standard, illustratingthe adjustment of same.

A is the seat, which is rigidly secured to a iiat bar of steel B, which in form approximates an S, which' form makes a spring for the seat A. To the rear end of said spring is riveted a iiat piece oi' iron C, about twelve inches in length and four inches wide, said iron being transverse to the said spring and when in use is positioned in rear portion of the buggyseat, as clearly seen in Fig. l. The buggycushion is beneath the body portion of the spring B. The plate C, as illustrated in Fig. 1, rests on the bottom of 'the buggy-seat beneath the cushion and secures the. seat against i any `lateral movement.

' The standard D, which supports the front "end of the spring B, is formed of a bar of flat iron, with a rectangle opening R to receive the spring B, the lower ends of said bar being curved and spread apart to receive the adjustable portion of the standard Cr, as shown in Fig. 4. A flat barof iron is bent to approximate a U and spaced about a quarter of an inch apart, the free ends thereof having lateral lugs T, which are riveted to a iiat bar of iron E, having a flange F thereon, which flange is to rest on the ioor of the buggy-box when used in the position as shown in Fig. 3.

Said iiange is also for the purpose of supporting said iron E against any lateral strain. One edge of the said U-shaped bar Gr is provided with serrations S. A rectangle piece yof plate L, a quarter of an inch thick, is placed in the space of the portion ot' the standard Gr, having a round opening in either end thereof. In the curved portions of the standard D are round openings N, registering with the openings in the plate L. The standard G is placed between the free ends of the standard D, and rivets or bolts are passed through the round openings N and plate L, which will allow the portion of the standard'Gr a longitudinal movement. A thumb-screw I-I is passed through a threaded opening 2. Y

When it is desired to adjust the height of the seat A, the portion of the standard G can be slid up-or down, and when brought into a vertical position. the rivet 3 will engage the serrations S and 'thethumb-screw H will hold the same in engagement, as illustrated in Fig. l.

f A pawl I, having a lateral lug 4, is pivotally secured between the arms P by rivet J. Said pawl is for the purpose of holding the spring B rigid against thetop portion K of the vstandard D and releasing said spring when it is so desired. It will be seen that the lug on said pawl will lock said standard D against a forward swing and the foot E against any lateral movement. v

Having described the details and construction oi' my invention, I will now describe its operations generally.

The plate C is placed centrally and rearwardly in the buggy-seat, and the cushion is placed over the said rear end plate C and loeneath the body portion of the spring. The standard D is placed in a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 1, and adjusted in height by the longitudinal movement ofl the standard portion Gr and rigidly secured by the thumbscrew H. When it is desired to adjust the seat for a child, the springB is removed from the buggy-seat, the pawl I is swung from under kthe spring, as indicated by the dotted lines, the standard D is then slid back on the spring B and folded up against the body por- IOO in a transverse or longitudinal position, as desired.

It is obvious that the invention herein set forth is susceptible to many changes and modifications involving mechanical skill, which may be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit thereof. I do not, therefore, desire to be understood as limiting myself to the precise construction of the parts shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. In a buggy-seat having an S-'shaped spring, a plate and a seat secured to the free ends thereof, a vertical adjustable standard embracing'and supporting the front end of said spring, substantially as specified.

2. In a buggy-seat spring, a standard having a rectangle opening therein, embracing the seat-spring, a pawl pivoted within the said opening beneath the spring, the free end of said pawl provided with a rearwardly-extending lug, whereby the standard is supported against a forward swing, substantially as specified.

3. In a vertical standard with a rectangle opening having pivoted Within said opening a pawl, the ends of said standard extending downwardly, their free ends curved for the purpose shown and specified.

4. Inabuggy-seat, an S-shaped spring passing through a rectangle opening in avertical standard, a pawl within said opening beneath the spring, the said standard having upper and lower sections, the upper section embracing the lower section, said lower section being adjustably aixed to said upper sect1 on where* by the said standard can bo lengthoned or shortened as desired, substantially as `speci lied.

5. In a standard in two sections to support a seat-spring, said standard having a rectangle opening, a pawl having an extending lateral lug, pivoted within said opening beneath the spring, the lower section of said standard bent to approximate a U, the free ends thereof having lateral extensions to which are riveted a iiat bar of angle-iron, the edge of said standard having serrated edges to engage the rivet N, whereby the said section can be given a longitudinal. movement between tbe lower ends of the upper section and rigidly secured in the desired position by the thumb-screws, substantially as specified.

6. In a buggy-seat the combination of the S-shaped spring, the plate C, and seat A, the standard having a rectangle opening to receive the spring, the pawl I, pivoted within the said opening the lower section adj ustabl y connected to said upper section, the angle-plate rigidly secured to the lower section, the plate L, held to slide longitudinally in said lower section G, the serrations S, and thumb-screw H, substantially as speciied.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EME'I COX.

iVitnesses:

F. A. REED, EDWIN C. i\IrrCHiiLL. 

